Tharcisse Muvunyi

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Charge:	Genocide
Sentence:	25 years
Years Imprisoned:	8
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Year Convicted:	2006
Year Cleared:	2008
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Rwanda
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted in 2006 of genocide during the massacre of minority Tutsis by the majority Hutus in Rwanda in 1994. Sentenced to 25 years in prison. On August 29, 2008 The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunalfor Rwanda (ICTR) overturned Muvunyi's conviction."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On August 29, 2008 The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunalfor Rwanda (ICTR) overturned Muvunyi's conviction."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"U.N. court overturns rwandan's genocide conviction, Reuters story, Eco Diario (Mundo), August 29, 2008"
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Tharcisse Muvunyi

Charge:

Genocide

Sentence:

25 years

Years Imprisoned:

8

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2006

Year Cleared:

2008

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Rwanda

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Wrongly convicted in 2006 of genocide during the massacre of minority Tutsis by the majority Hutus in Rwanda in 1994. Sentenced to 25 years in prison. On August 29, 2008 The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunalfor Rwanda (ICTR) overturned Muvunyi's conviction."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On August 29, 2008 The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunalfor Rwanda (ICTR) overturned Muvunyi's conviction."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"U.N. court overturns rwandan's genocide conviction, Reuters story, Eco Diario (Mundo), August 29, 2008"

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http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLT41274520080829?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews

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